Meaning of Names
Facts about finding the history and meaning of names including rare and popular top 100 lists names.
Meaning of Names Facts:
Often there is an occupational meaning of names. A persons occupation was used to name someone. For instance a carpenter could very well have been Mr. Carpenter. This age old method of naming helps takes some of the mystery out of finding the origins and meanings of names.
- Tracing My Family
Traditionally there were several ways to get a name. The father's name is used and passed along to the child while often adding son to the end. Johnson is an example of this historical naming method.
- Mr. Johnson
Wallker or Walker is English in origin and and is the surname meaning fuller. A fuller means stomping on cloth that has been dampened to prepare it.
- A. Wallker